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Article #880Re: Keyboard wear
From: Gregory Toomey
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:35
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 05:35
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"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:a9sppr$5mrlj$1@ID-69072.news.dfncis.de... > > Gregory Toomey <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:TYkw8.45652$uR5.102991@newsfeeds.bigpond.com... > > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote > > >> Looking at a decent modern cordless keyboard, dont care too much about > >> cost, basically want something that will last for years and is decent to use. > > >> I relatively recently got off my arse and sent for a decent > >> branded keyboard, instead of farting around with cheapys. > >> Went for the MS, for no particular reason, after getting > >> pissed off at how quickly the lettering wears off the cheapys. > > >> Only to find that the MS Internet Pro is already showing significant > >> wear with the lettering after 6 months use. And significant physical > >> wear on those keys too, basically the roughened surface is now smooth. > > >> Doesnt anyone do proper double shot injection moulded keytops anymore ? > > > I think Logitech makes the best keyboards. > > Do they have the same problem tho, the letters wearing off ? Note yet but I've only had it a few months. I've used keyboards 40 hrs/week for years without letter rubbing off. > > > At the moment I'm using a cheap Mitsubishi Diamond > > Touch - very good, includes volume & other music > > controls, and web buttons - not wireless though. > > But what about the letters wearing off ? > Maybe Mitsubishi has better technology for stamping letters - I'll report back in a few years. gtoomey
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